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Senior Silicon Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc
San Jose, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/4/2026


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SENIOR SILICON DESIGN ENGINEER

THE ROLE: 

As a member of the Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group, you will help bring to life cutting-edge designs. As a member of the front-end design team, you will work closely with the architecture, IP design, Physical Design teams, and product engineers to achieve first pass silicon success.


THE PERSON:

A successful candidate will work with senior silicon design engineers. The candidate will be highly accurate and detail-oriented, possessing good communication and problem-solving skills.

KEY RESPONSIBLITIES:

  • Design and integrate IP into an advanced SoC using techniques that are efficient, reusable, and scale with scope and complexity
  • Own the design and implementation of blocks to meet functional, timing, area, and power requirements
  • Guide and review verification for these blocks
  • Design and implement logic functions that enable efficient test and debug
  • Implement automation to increase design team efficiency


P
REFERRED EXPERIENCE:

  • Strong front-end RTL engineering background 
  • Strong communication skills, able to summarize complex problems for executives as well as drill down to details with architects and engineers
  • Strong analytic and problem-solving skills including the ability to analyze current behavior, identify potential areas for improvement, and design of experiments
  • Experience with Arm architecture and APB, AXI, or CHI protocols
  • Experience with design reuse, including RTL, constraints, and waivers
  • Experience with SoC level design integration
  • Experience with automation using scripting techniques such as PERL, Python, or Tcl
  • Experience with timing constraints and timing exceptions
  • Experience with running standard quality checks such as LINT and CDC 
  • Experience designing with multiple power domains including writing UPF
  • Must be a self-starter and self-motivated

 

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering 

 

LOCATION:

Hybrid in San Jose, CA

 

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AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

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